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<a href="https://twitter.com/mollylambert" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Molly Lambert</a> is a writer and podcaster in LA. Her podcast Heidi World about Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss comes out later this year.

Molly Lambert

Police officers and protestors at a July protest against the Tokyo Olympics.

Olympics

The Lies The Olympics Tells About Itself Have Never Rung More False

Dan McQuade was a founding member of Defector. He died in January 2026.

Dan McQuade

Triptych of McGruff, an ad promoting McGruff's album, and McGruff again

History

This McGruff Drug Album Might As Well Be By Weird Al

David Roth

Juan Soto and Shohei Ohtani high-five at the MLB All-Star Game's Home Run Derby

ESPN Has Found The Absolute Worst Way To Talk About The Absolute Coolest Stuff

Dvora Meyers is a freelance journalist based in Brooklyn. She writes about gymnastics and other topics in her newsletter, <a href="https://dvora.substack.com/">Unorthodox Gymnastics.</a>

Dvora Meyers

Simone Biles after landing a Yurchenko double pike dismount at the GK U.S. Classic.

Women’s Gymnastics Is Blasting Into The Future, But Its Scoring Code Is Stuck In The Past

Investigations Editor. You can contact her at diana@defector.com or dfmoskovitz@protonmail.com. She&#8217;s also on Signal @dmoskovitz.99

Diana Moskovitz

A photo of new Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups. He is wearing a suit and tie in Blazers colors. Behind him is a backdrop with the Blazers logo.

Here’s What Happened When Jane Doe Sued Chauncey Billups For Sexual Assault

Barry Petchesky

TAMPA, FLORIDA - JULY 07: The Tampa Bay Lightning celebrate after defeating the Montreal Canadiens 1-0 in Game Five to win the 2021 NHL Stanley Cup Final at Amalie Arena on July 07, 2021 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

This Shit Is Hard

Anonymous

An eviction notice is posted and the lock is changed on a residence in the unincorporated community of Galloway on March 3, 2021 west of Columbus, Ohio.

Capital

The U.S. Is Failing Tenants, And It’s About To Get Even Worse

A protest sign is seen in front of the Montgomery County Courthouse ahead of the start of jury deliberations in the retrial of actor and comedian Bill Cosby's sexual assault case in Norristown, Pennsylvania on April 25, 2018.

Politics

Bill Cosby Didn’t Win

Albert Burneko

Check Out The Drama At This Hip Cookware Company, And Then Confront The Sucking Void At The Heart Of The Global Economy

Kalyn Kahler

Gymnastics

The Draw Of Simone Biles

Amy Pedulla is a writer and audio producer. She can be reached at pedullaa@gmail.com.

Amy Pedulla

Inside The Fight To Unionize CorePower Yoga

Lauren Theisen

Carl Nassib’s Coming Out Isn’t A Beginning Or An End

Cleveland Hughes wears Seahawks gear as he gets the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine from Andrea Barnett during opening day of the Community Vaccination Site, a collaboration between the City of Seattle, First &amp; Goal Inc., and Swedish Health Services at the Lumen Field Event Center in Seattle, Washington on March 13, 2021. (Photo by Jason Redmond / AFP) (Photo by JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images)

What Do NFL Players Know About The COVID Vaccine? We Asked Them.

Luis Paez-Pumar

Venezuela's Ronald Hernandez celebrates after scoring against Ecuador during their Conmebol Copa America 2021 football tournament group phase match at the Nilton Santos Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on June 20, 2021.

Soccer

The Pain, Delusion, And Potential Glory In Rooting For Venezuela

Gerrit Cole of the Yankees rubs up a baseball, with what we can presume is nothing at all, just a normal thing you do with your hands.

No League Cleans Up Its Own Mess Worse Than Baseball

Patrick Redford

Scotland's goalkeeper David Marshall falls in the net after missing a save on Czech Republic's second goal during the UEFA EURO 2020 Group D football match between Scotland and Czech Republic at Hampden Park in Glasgow on June 14, 2021. (Photo by ANDY BUCHANAN / POOL / AFP) (Photo by ANDY BUCHANAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Shots

Here Are Some Delightful Pictures Of Scotland’s Keeper Becoming One With His Net

The walnuts an hour or so after being quartered.

Chefector

How To Make Nocino, The Black Potion That Is Summer’s Ode To Winter

Charles Farrell has spent his professional life moving between music and boxing, with occasional detours. He has managed five world champions, and has played and recorded with many of the musicians he most admires&#8211;Evan Parker and Ornette Coleman among them. Farrell currently resides in the Boston, Massachusetts area.



His new book, <a href="https://hamilcarpubs.com/books/lowlife-a-memoir-of-jazz-fight-fixing-and-the-mob/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">(Low)life: A Memoir of Jazz, Fight-Fixing, and The Mob</a>, will be published June 29.

Charles Farrell

TOPSHOT - Former world welterweight king Floyd Mayweather (L) and YouTube personality Logan Paul face-off during their weigh-in event in Miami, Florida on June 5, 2021. - Former world welterweight king Floyd Mayweather said May 4, 2021 he will face off against YouTube personality Logan Paul in an exhibition bout at Miami's Hard Rock Stadium on June 6, 2021. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP) (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images)

Boxing

Clown Vs. Clown

Columnist. Author of many <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Drew-Magary/e/B001JS8R52/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1">fine works of literature</a>, including Point B. Handsomest man in the world.

Drew Magary

attends Kevin Hart hosts Mohegan Sun's 20th Anniversary Comedy All-Star Gala starring Sarah Silverman, Dave Attell, Margaret Cho &amp; more at Mohegan Sun on October 14, 2016 in Uncasville, Connecticut.

Dadfector

I Have Passed On To My 9-Year-Old A Love Of Dirty Comedians

Life's Rich Pageant

Let Me Tell You About My Secret Pride, Irish Dance

Nicholas Russell is a writer from Las Vegas.

Nicholas Russell

All The Lessons I Didn’t Learn From Watching ‘Seinfeld’

Kelsey McKinney

They Ruined The Damn Condiment Island

Staff Writer
Find me on Signal @DefectorChris.19

Chris Thompson

A tardigrade looks pleadingly at the camera.

Science

Leave Tardigrades Alone!

JACKSONVILLE, FL - APRIL 24: Tim Tebow is seen by the octagon during UFC 261 at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena on April 24, 2021 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo by Alex Menendez/Getty Images)

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